HMS Porgey

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Porgey, 1807
Type: Schooner ; Armament 4
Launched : 1807 ; Disposal date or year : Exect date unknown 1812
Disposal Details : Foundered in the West Indies. Captain name unknown
Notes:

1806 Built at Bermuda of the pencil cedar, measure, BOM, from 75 to 78 tons ; mount four 12-pounder carronades, with a crew of 20 men and boys.

1808 a less than complimentary comment on this type of vessel, which, although built in 1806, is included by William James in the volume for 1808, presumably in the light of the experiences of those who had departed them, and the results achieved or otherwise.